Hosiery-supporter.



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DANIELG. BUTTS, oF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, AssrsNon v'ro IVORY GwennCGM- 1=ANY, or Nnw oBLEANsLoUIsIANA, A conronA'r'IoN or LOUISIANA.

' HosIEnYsUPPonTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all 'whom z'tmay concern.'

Bc it known that I, DANIEL G. BUTTS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHosidry-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following tol be a full,clear, and exacbdescription of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and to thefigures and letters of reference lmarked thereon.

The present invention relates to well known -types of hosiery supporterswhich embody in their construction a webbing or strap upon which thereis mounted a button member and a loop member, the loop mem ber having anaperture therein for the recept-ion of the button. This aperture islarger at one end than at the other whereby the head of the button maybe passed through the opening and the shank of the button drawn into thesmaller end. The button and loop are adapted to coperate either forattaching the supporter to the hosiery or for connecting the ends of thesupporter after the same has been passed aroundthe limb of the wearer.

The objects of the invention are to provide a. supporter which will beless liable to injury should the same, whenlying on the floor, bestepped on, and which will not only provide a secure attachment to thehosiery but will prevent injury to the latter even when the hosiery isof the finest quality. A further object of the invention is to providefor a flexibility and softness of action between the parts of theattaching devices which will materially add to'tl'ie comfort of thewearer. i

Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa supporter designed for gentlemeus wear with the attaching membersseparated so as to illustrate their construction.

Fig. 2 is a. section through the pendent webbing and button membercarried thereby.

Fig. 3 is a section through the shank/fof a button showingthe crosssectional shape. tif the shank and contour of the opening iii the buttonplate in which the shank is mounted.

Fig. 4 is a section in a plane at right angles to Fig. 2.

Like letters of references in the several figures indicate the sameparts.

In the form of supporter illustrated in the drawings the letter Aindicates elastic webbing adapted to encircle the limb of the wearer, Ba loop member adjustably mounted on the web A through the medium yof adat slide C. D is a button member secured to the opposite en d of theelastic webbing and adapted to support the pendent webbing ends E, oneof which carries, a button member F and the other a loop member G. Thebutton members D and F are in general characteristics similar, that isto say, they embody plates provided with elongated openings for thewebbing, indicated at d, 7', respectively, said openings being locatednear the edges of the plates,vand the plate D in addition is providedwith a bottom webbing aperture through which the pendent webbing endsare passed whereby they are supported. Each of the plates D and F arepreferably of co'ncavo-conveXl formation at the center and are providedwith-a central button shank opening which is ofnon-cir cular formation.This opening, indicated at D and F is preferably elongated or formedwith major and minor diameters, the major diameter extending generallyin the direction of the strain to which the button is subjected when thesupporter is in use, that is to say, substantially horizontally in theplate D and vertically in the plate F.

The buttons employed in both instances are s oft rubber buttons. Theyare provided with a base. portion H which is seated in the concaveportion of the plate and a head .which is of such size that it may passreadily through the button opening in the plate. Said head is indicatedat H', and between the head and base there is a shank H2 having its baseportion or part a dja.- cent the button base made of a cross cectionalshape which will fit and substantially till the aperture in the plate.The button is inserted from the back of the plate and is retained inposition by the webbing, which latter passes through the edge openingsof the plate and behind the base of the button. The pendent loop or endhas one reach passed through the upper opening from the front side ofthe plate, thence down behind the button base and forwardly through thelower opening. The other reach of the web- VPatented Dc. 4, 1917.

hing passes up behind the first mentioned reach and the two reaches aresewed together at I thus securely retaining Kthe button in place andfastening the plate"\irmly to the webbing.

In the construction of the parts described, it will be noted that all ofthe semi-rigid lmembers are flat, or substantially Hat, with no rigidprojections whatsoever, and these parts are conveniently or preferablymade oi celluloid while the button is made of soft rubber, with theresult that injury to the finest fabric hosiery is efectually prevented,and there is little or no danger of any of the parts being broken orbent permanently out of shape by being stepped upon when lying on thedoor. Experience shows that a large proportion of hosiery supporters aredestroyed or injured so as to be unsatisfactory through accidents of thecharacter mentioned.

The construction of the, uttons in the `form illustrated and describ dis advanta- `This results in a material economy in construction and isadvantageous .in the supporter itself, inasmuch asa square basel isprovided which will assist in holding the button firmly in position onthe plate. j, By

preventing the rotation of the button in the plate the loop member isheld in proper alinement with the plate but atthe samey time it may beiexed or twisted in either direction and when freed from pressuretending to twist the same will return to its normall position. The'elongation transversely ot the shank is always in a direction which isin the line of strain and the soft rubber of the shank will therefore beof L amplel strength to vresist breakage even though the shank iscomparatively narrow x head, a shank and a base, each of which a majorand a minor diameter, the major diameter in each case being of the samelength as the major diameter of said but t0n opening, and the minordiameter of said shank being such as to snugly fit the minor diameter ofthe central opening, whereby the button is prevented from turning withrespect to the plate.-

DANIEL e. BUTTS.

